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ONAGRACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
Synonyms:
evening-primrose family; family Onagraceae; Onagraceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Onagraceae" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot family (a family of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Onagraceae"):
Circaea; genus Circaea (enchanter's nightshade)
Epilobium; genus Epilobium (large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas)
genus Fuchsia (large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers)
genus Oenothera; Oenothera (chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers)
evening primrose (any of several plants of the family Onagraceae)
Holonyms ("Onagraceae" is a member of...):
Myrtales; order Myrtales; order Thymelaeales; Thymelaeales (Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae)
